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...other parts of the country, of course, Democrats like former football star Heath Shuler in North Carolina did win tight races after working hard to establish credentials as conservative as those of the Republican incumbents they beat. But Chuck Todd, editor of The Hotline - the National Journal's daily briefing on politics - pointed out that even conservative Democrats like pro-life and anti-gun control Bob Casey, who defeated Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania, campaigned loudest on traditional Democratic themes like economic insecurity, the minimum wages and the expansion of health care...
...Democrats across the board urged populist, paycheck messages - and they were traditional messages from the liberal end of the Democratic Party, touching on labor issues, corporate bashing. These issues are becoming more mainstream," Todd said. In fact, the Democrats' approach is similar to the issues that Republicans in the 1970s used to built voter coalitions that created the Reagan Revolution in the 1980s. "Back then, the Republican Party didn't talk about its social issues...
...Stars Two thirtysomethings in a conservative community act like “Little Children” in the aptly titled new film from writer/director Todd Field. A hit at the Toronto Film Festival and a surefire bet in this year’s Oscar race, this film is anything but childish. Kate Winslet stars as a desperate housewife, Sarah Pierce, who feels misunderstood by other stay-at-home moms, her husband, and even her daughter. One hot summer day at the playground, the moms fawn over the lone stay-at-home dad—Patrick Wilson, best known...
Given that setup, you imagine--quite correctly--that good old-fashioned suburban adultery is the long-fused time bomb waiting to explode in Little Children. But before you give your been-there-done-that shrug, and well before Brad and Sarah get it on, director and co-writer Todd Field establishes some very nontraditional premises, both stylistic and emotional, that give his film--based on a novel by Tom Perrotta, who collaborated on the screenplay--a creepy, hypnotic edge...
...Surprisingly, the incident is not completely unique. Across Cambridge, murals and other public art pieces have recently been subject to peculiar attacks.THE VICTIMSA mural of fish painted on the stucco wall of a pool near Inman Square was defaced with giant white dollar signs. The muralist, Todd McKie, had been commissioned this past summer by the Cambridge Arts Council (CAC) for the purpose of decorating the outer and inner walls of the pool.A bus shelter was also commissioned for the stop near Russell Field on Rindge Avenue and a series of rose and clear glass panels, covered by a corrugated...